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Indonesia: Adopted Personal Data Protection Bill outlining cross-border data transfer regulation

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Adopted Personal Data Protection Bill outlining cross-border data transfer regulation

On 20 September 2022, the Bill on the Protection of Personal Data was adopted by the House of Representatives of the Republic of Indonesia. The Bill establishes that cross-border data transfers will be limited to countries with a level of data prote…

Scope

Policy Area
Data governance
Policy Instrument
Cross-border data transfer regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
cross-cutting
Implementation Level
national
Government Branch
legislature
Government Body
parliament

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2020-01-24
under deliberation

On 24 January 2020, the Personal Data Protection (PDP) Law is introduced in the Indonesian House of…

2022-09-20
adopted

On 20 September 2022, the Bill on the Protection of Personal Data was adopted by the House of Repre…

2022-10-17
in grace period

On 17 October 2022, the Bill on the Protection of Personal Data entered into force, with a grace pe…

2024-10-17
in force

On 17 October 2024, the Bill on the Protection of Personal Data entered into force fully after the …